WOLF BLITZER: Does the president still believe the travel ban SCOTUS allowed to go forward today is "watered down"?
WHITE HOUSE SPOX @RajShah45: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Haven't asked him.
WHITE HOUSE SPOX @RajShah45: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Haven't asked him.
WOLF: Trump called for all Muslims to be banned from the United States in December 2015. Does he still think that's a good idea?
SHAH: Of course not.
WOLF: When did he change his mind?
SHAH: Sometime before he became president.
SHAH: Of course not.
WOLF: When did he change his mind?
SHAH: Sometime before he became president.
Shah makes a case that if Trump's travel ban was really a Muslim ban, it would include India, and wouldn't include a non-Muslim country like North Korea. (The latter of which was transparently added to the ban in hopes courts would allow it to be implemented.)
WOLF: Trump's travel ban wouldn't have prevented any major acts of violence since 9/11. How does this make us safer?
SHAH: "Intuitively it makes sense that knowing who's coming into our country & having the ability to identify these individuals is imperative to nat'l security."
SHAH: "Intuitively it makes sense that knowing who's coming into our country & having the ability to identify these individuals is imperative to nat'l security."
Shah makes clear that Trump hopes to receive congressional approval to detain migrant families indefinitely.
WOLF: Do you know where all of the 2,000-plus kids that were separated from their parents are right now, and what is taking so long to reunite them with the parents?
SHAH: Alex Azar testified that we can find all of them, so yes. This is a complex situation.
SHAH: Alex Azar testified that we can find all of them, so yes. This is a complex situation.
